Clarion 1974-11-01 Vol 50 No 08

carlon Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota November I, 1974 Malachi 4:2
Textbooks: a
new American
controversy
by Steve HarriS'
Fall did not come to Kanawha County
in the usual way this year. Normally
it is a quiet place, a peaceful commun­ity
of coal mines and middle-class Amer­icans
settled into the hills of West Vir­ginia.
But turmoil has erupted in the
last eight weeks, complete with fire­bombed
elementary schools and shoot­ings.
What has caused this violence? It is
being called the "Textbook Controver­sy,"
and at its heart are the use of
about a dozen supplementary high school
textbooks that have been denounced by
their critics as "anti-Christian, anti-coun­try'
and pro-Communist," and . praised
by their supporters as "opening up the
minds of the students."
Battle lines were drawn last spring
when Alice Moore, wife of a Baptist
minister, organized an effort to ban the
books. The protestors condemned the
books' material as "subversive pornogra­phy"
(such as the poem • 'I like my
body when it is with your body" by
e.e. cummings), and as "anti-Christian"
(exemplified, they said, by black poet
Gwendolyn Brooks' verse, "I think it
must be lonely to be God-Nobody loves
a master . ... . )."
Their actions led to a boycott, a gen­eral
industrial strike, and in the last
month, open' violence. But the signifi­cance
of the struggle spreads beyond
West Virginia; it faces teachers, admin­istrators,
and parents across the coun­try.
Since Bethel College annually trains
many for the educational field, the Clari·
on asked Professor of Education Dwaine
Lind for his views on the • 'Textbook
Controversy.' ,
Clarion: Is the case of the "Textbook
Controversy" in West Virginia an isolated
continued on page eight
These grinning Bethelites, along with PRAISE and magician Dean
Held, will perform in the Bethel Fieldhouse tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $1.00.
C'rrimer and Cr'im:ina·1 Justice
We'e,k set fo·r NOive,mb,eir' 4-,8
by Laura Aide,"
"We want to acqu.aint Bethel students with the concept of correctional
instit.utions and pro~ide .opportunities for learning and involvement," said · Trudy
Ha,~a·~, . stude nit coordmator for Grime and Criminal Justi'ce Week. V·arious campus
'adlvltles have been p1anned to study Ithe p'roblem of Icrime ,and its effect: on
Ithe quality of life' in Americ'a.
Scheduled activities are as follows:
November 4-8 Art show in the Bethel Gallery
November 7 Convocation by Kenneth Schoen, Director .of Gorredion5 in
Minnesota
11:30-2:30 p.m. Films ·concerning issues in crime and criminal
just~ce
3 p.m. Inmate s,inging group in AG lounge (tentative)
7 -9 p.m. Panel discussi·on on :rape in AC lounge featuring
Carolyn Bailey, Sgt. in the· St. Paul police force
November 8 Chapel speaker: Local prison chaplain (tentative)
11:30-2:30 p.m. Films in AC lounge
8 p.m. Dudley Riggs performance in old campus fieldhouse.
Tickets av·aiLahleat campuS! ·coordinator's office
for $1.
November 7-8 Bomh dispLays from p<Tivate ,and public correctional agencies
Volunteer opportunities information available Iby the Post Office
editorial
Let/s get a full-time
coach f!orl forensics
The occasion of the last Twin City Debate League Tourn­ament
and the fact that Bethel placed fourth in the tourney
(out of 29 schools), raises again for us this question: why
don't we have a program in debate and forensics?
We have the student talent for a tremendous program.
Last year the Clarion bemoaned the fate of Bob Moeller
and Tom Addington, Minnesota State High School debate
champs, who were promised a debate program if they came
to Bethel and who received - nothing.
This year we bemoan the fact that there are students .
here competent enough to win laurels in oral interp and public
speaking - who · cannot be afforded the privilege of a formal
coach.
Not to minimize the role of Doc Rainbow (he's carrying
forensics coaching as an overload and drama is really his
thing), why can't we get a full-time coach for debate and for­ensics?
The time spent in coaching these activities is con­siderable;
in particular, a debate coach must commit much
time to research for his team. However, a full time faculty
member who would spend half his time coaching and half
of it teaching (a reasonable task, according to informed
sources) would seem to fit the bill.
The merits of training students in public .speaking and
analytical argumentation should be obvious to a community
committed to Christian higher education. And a student
body which has increased by nearly 15 percent in the past
year (from 1808 students to 1467) certainly merits a pro·
portionate raise in the number of faculty (perhaps we should
qualify that to say, if we don't raise the number of faculty,
at least we should raise the salaries and departmental bud·
gets of the present faculty in proportion to the rise in the
cost of living).
It all comes down to this: where does the money of
"Bethel College and Seminary" go? How much goes to the
Seminary and how much comes to the College? Which pro­grams
receive the most financial support? In the next few
weeks, we will be researching this area thoroughly and re­porting
our results back to the Bethel community. We hope
you'll be as concerned about this issue as we are.
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Published weekly by the students of Bethel College
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Letters to the editor should be
sent to the Clarion, P.O. 91.,
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publication.
Volume 50, No.8
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Dear Editor,
A couple of weeks ago an editorial was run stating that
we need to vote and support candidates whom we have
evaluated through an informed analysis of their voting record
and not primarily on whether or not they are Christian.
The following week a letter by me was run stating that
in our analysis of a candidate's voting record and platform
is where our "Christian mind" is to make its impact felt.
This concept, it has been pointed out, is particularly vague.
The following outline is put forth as a means of providing
a handle whereby the "Christian mind" can grasp the spirit
of the candidate, in an effort to foster meaningful analy­sis.
1. Does the candidate base his campaign to a large extent
on the weakness of his opponent? Is he "mud slinging?" ,
2. Does the candidate have a politic,al program based
on sound principles which he is determined to work out
despite the difficulties, or pragmatic necessity? (For example,
avoid a candidate who would say' " Equal aid to parents
of children in a Christian school is a nice idea, but I don't
see how it could ever be worked out.")
3. Does the candidate operate out of a pluralistic idea
of equal rights and representation to the people of every
religious or heart-direction regardless of their economic pow­er?
(Check his concern for minority group rights and interests
before a riot. ) ,
4.· Will the candidate be influenced by vested interest?
5. Check the candidate's campaign expenditures. Does
he gain his pUblicity from money and a hard-seil approach
rather than his principles and his record? (Write him directly
for a record of his expenses, or check the Congressional
Record or the Secretary of State office of your state.)
6. Avoid the candidate who always spouts the party line
and has no political philosophy and ideas of his own.
7. Check the voting and absentee records in the legis­latures
for incumbent candidates. (Check the Congressional
Record, newspaper reports, U.S. News and World BeP?rt
for U.S. Congressmen. Check your Secretary of State offIce
for records of state representatives. Also consider how much
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Jae,obs firs,t in po:etry
Bethel places' fourth in TCDL tourney
Larr~ Jacobs carried away top honors in poetry com­petition
and Steve Jergenson took second place in poetry and
fourth place in prose in the Twin City Debate League tourn­ament
October 22. Eleven Bethel students and one Dr. Rain­bow
participated in the event, which was attended by 29
colleges and universities.
Bethel placed fourth among the schools in competition.
Mankato State College placed first with 16 points; the Un­iversity
of River Falls, Wisconsin, placed second with 13;
and Macalester third with 13. Bethel was awarded 10' points.
"The team which we sent was basically composed of
novice people," explained Dr. Rainbow. "I think as a result _
of this contest the students got a ~eal feel for the stiff
competition of the tournament circuit. We have a group of
super-talented kids who are committed and determined to
make Bethel competitive in this area."
The Bethel forensics team will compete in four other
tournaments this semester: the Mankato State College con­test
November 1; the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
tournament November 15 and 16; and another TCDL tourney
November 18; finishing perhaps with the nation's largest
forensics tournament - the Bradley University tournament­November
21 through 24.
continued from page two
they are in touch with the people whom they represent.)
8. Choose a candidate who is guided by his conscience
(to the extent that it is guided by Scriptural norms) , and a
sense of justice, rather than what is good for his political
career.
9. Determine whether the candidate understands that sep­aration
of church and state DOES NOT mean separation of
religion and state.
10. Does the candidate recognize an authority beyond
man? (This should include his going against "the will of the
people" if the case in point is unjust.
11. - To what extent is the candidate sensitive to God's
laws for justice and liberty? (Read Amos, Ezekiel, Joel,
the pre-exile prophets.)
12. Make your own additions to the list and let us know,
. keep us informed, we need to work together . •
Hopefully this li'st will benefit those who want to vote
responsibly. Needless to say, voting is not as easy as
putting an "X" in the party box.
In the Name of Him who bolds the world togetber,
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Association 'for Christian Political Action
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by ~rk and Craig Johnson
A community is something very difficult to grasp on
to, or observe. The term is around in ; lass rooms' in arm
chair discussions, and even in spontaneous gatherings in coffee
shops Or recreation rooms. Late last Sunday night, a group
of students converged in Edgren lounge to discuss its (the
community's) very exist~nce at Bethel.
"I don't really see a community at Bethel," one brother
exclaimed, "What's wrong with Bethel?" (I wonder how many
times those famous words have been proclaimed.) Another
guy later on in the discussion explained his feelings toward
community in this way: "It is non-existent! I think this
community will never exist." When we talk of life together
are we discussing a feeling, some kind of comraderie that
pulls us like a magnet to each other? .
"I'd like to really lay it on them - get out in front
of the people of Bethel during chapel and . give them a piece
of my mind," one girl exclaimed. "Yet," she concluded,
"it would do nothing." How many times. have we felt like
this about our community when we stop ' and observe the
needy people around us? This gathering of students in Edgren'
although spontaneous and unannounced, seemed to represent
many of OUr own sentiments about community life this year.
The question in which they were engrossed was the role '
or part each one of us can play with each other in this
gathering of people. Is community something we can ob­serve
as if it was in a box, an- entity or object? Is
it an end in and of itself, or is it a feeling that comes
over us as we pray and share together on Tuesday nights,
or in a chapel experience? The feeling of community must
be separated from what community is. If it is something
that is continually searched for, it will always be outside
our group.
Community then is not a feeling, it is not a wish or
dream, it is a reality. But what does a community consist
of? It js a living- body of interactions and relationships.
Yet, it will only be as strong as each member allows
it to be. This makes relationships the key to ·a strong com­munity.
Only hard work, energy, and a deep desire to commit
ourselves t~ each other will make community what we want
it to' be. There are no short cuts!
This puts the responsibility on each individual to be in
right relationship to God an~ to each other. As stated in
Matt. 5 :23-24, we must go to a brother or sister if there
are walls between us. If bridges need to be built we should
not be afraid to confess our sins before each other and
God. Games are not in God's plan for us. He wants us
to be real people and be free to be ourselves. Too often
brother-sister-student-teacher relations need to be re-checked
through the Holy Spirit to see if they are right in His eyes.
Let's pray about quitting our games!
If we honestly seek and strive to work out Ol-!r relation­ships
through a servant's perspective, God will certainly
bless us. He will begin to show us more of His creative
alternatives in relationships as brothers and sisters. He will '
make us more aware of individuals who are alone and need
our care. He might even drop us in on some spontaneous
encounters with brothers and sisters that vve so desperately
want and need.
Don't ride along in a Christian commullity for the com­fort
it will bring you. l\'1ake the community a means not an
end to which we can reach people with the claims , of Christ.
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Will . the church of the twentieth century reflect an atti­tude
of "isn't the fellowship great?" Will the world be
breaking the walls down to get in? Our attitude toward
establishing relationships in this community will re~lect the
church's effectiveness in the world tomorrow.
Qu'estio1n o:f the week:
How will the .Watergate
i!1cident affect you r vote?
by Rhonda Dy:e
This past year has been a devastating and crucial point
in the history of American politics. The events surround­ing
'the Watergate incident raise many questions as to the
effect it has had on the American political psyche. On
November, 5 many citizens will express their political favor
in state elections across the country. In an effort to deter­mine
how Bethel students will respond to the upcoming elec­tions
in light of the Watergate affair, the Clarion staff
. decided to make an inquiry among its constituents.
The question: How will the Watergate incident affect your
, vote?
John Kramer (sophomore): "Watergate will not affect my
vote. Just because some'Repub­licans
acted wrongly, does not
mean all RepUblicans will."
Steve Unruh (freshman): "No, Watergate will not affect
my vote; because this type of
thing has always been going on.
Watergate was just stretched out
by the media."
Judy Whittaker (sophomore) : "Watergate will not affect my
vote because I vote for the man
not the .party."
Jack ESSlinger (senior): "It's had a positive affect on
me; it has aroused, me to the
fact , that we do have a say.
I have become more politically
conscious.' ,
Larry Caldwell (sophomore): "I don't care what happens now
that Nixon is out."
Tim Nyberg (senior): "Watergate has made me skep­tical
of the whole political pro­cess.
"
What can be concluded from such a diversity of answers?
Some of the respondents declared that Watergate will not
make any difference in their politic'al behavior. Others indi­cated
that Watergate has had a healthy, positive affect on
them, causing them to become more discerning and po­litically
aware. For some, the incidents surrounding the 1972
presidential election resulted in disillusionment and pessi-
, mism. Sucb a variety of responses makes it difficult to pre­dict
the direction of political behavior. Perhaps, the results
of the upcoming elections will provide us with some answers.
Symposium II: What can a
Christian contribute to the
field of fine arts?
by Dale Johnson
Assistant Professor of Art
Contributions to the "field of fine arts"
can be made not only by Christians
who are artists, but by all Christians
as a natural part of their daily lives.
As believers, we are possessed of an
abiding truth and hope which is most
often expressed only in words; what
we need is lively expression of our faith
in visual image as well.
Our visual tradition in the Evangelical
faith is needy and sparce. Dr. A. Brown,
pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, spoke
in chapel last week developing the image
of Jesus as "J unkman" - someone who
chooses to use junk to build His kingdom.
Visually speaking, if I may use this
image, evangelicals are at the bottom
of this heap of junk. We have denied
the use of the image in our churches
as an ever-continuing reaction to the
excesses of the Catholic Church of the
Reformation era. Today the Catholics
have been leaders in expressing spiritual
truths through lively, visual symbolism,
/ while we fall far behind in this area.
(Perhaps ours is the ideal environment
for perceptive individuals to respond to
this pressing need.)
It is our God-given responsibility to
use the realm of visual image to enrich
and deepen our experience with life.
Many evangelicals are too casual about
their viewing activity - they think little
of their Christian responsibility to be
aware of God's creation or the creations
of His created, or to think through what
this can mean to us.
There's so much more that could be
done to enhance our visual experience,
even within our churches. The colors
and surfac~s of the walls in our buildings
are not given enough thought. We give
cosmetic treatments to -their interiors.
The visual materials which we feed to
our children in Sunday School are not
meant to enhance this experience, either.
For example, the use of coloring books
in lessons is one of the quickest ways
to ruin a child's creativity.
As for the Christian student in art,
or the Christian artist} he would do
well to contemplate the statement of
W.H. Auden, "'Why do you want to
write poetry?' If the young map answers,
'I have important things I want to say,'
then he is not a poet. If he answers,
'I like hanging around words listening
to what they say,' then maybe he is
going to be a poet.' " The artist's influen­ce
on the communication of the Christian
message does not come through a bla­tant
statement of that message in his
art. It comes through being a Christian.
The responsibility of the Christian artist
is to learn skillfully to handle the visual
' elements, and to develop a personal un­derstanding
of the language of vision.
Some may ask "Is this training Christian
by nature?" I would answer that this
training is Christian, as it all stems
from the study of God's creation and
all mankind is influenced by this.
At the point at which an artist becomes
competent in his craft, he will begin
to reach a feedom of expression for
which others, Christian and non-Christian,
will respect him. When people see quality
in his work they will begin to trust
him as an individual and open their
hearts to the kind of life he is leading
as a Christian.
The field of visual fine arts should
certainly be a medium through which
to communicate our faith. Awareness
of the visual realm is something for
which all we Christians' must take more
responsibility.
* * *
by Guy Chase, Art Major
....
To answer the question, "What can
a Christian contribute to the field of
fine arts?" - I would ha ve to consider
the question, "What can an artist con­tribute
to the Kingdom of God?'" The
usual answer to the second question is:
"Well, there are plenty of opportunities
for Christian artists, in religious maga­zine
illustration or maybe church bulle­tin
covers or even children's Sunday
School weeklies. One could also do ill­ustrated
versions of the Living Bible
or a cartoon version of the four spirit­uallaws.
There are any number of oppor­tunities
for the right-on Christian artist."
If this is the only answer to the se-cond
question then there is very little
that a Christian can contribute to the
fine arts.
It is a tough thing for an artist to
paint the message of Jesus on a ca~­vas.
Pictures of Christ on the cross
or Christ off the cross have been over­done.
They no longer even carry the
Christian message to the secular world
(if they ever did), let alone contain
the interest to be put up in a modern
art gallery.
So what can a Christian contribute
to the field of fine arts? It is doubt­ful
that he can paint a picture that
will give the viewer the "warm fuzz­ies."
Nor can he build a sculpture that
will cause the instant conversion of its
on-lookers.
But there is a whole world of visual
awareness that God has created that
the Christian can try to present to the
Christian community or to the public
in general. I don't think that an abstract
or non-objective painting is Satanic just
because my evangelical pastor doesn't
understand it. But to help him or any­one
else understand would take sacrifice
on his or their part. There is purpose
and order to these forms of painting
and it should be understood.
Presenting God's visual designs to peo­ple
is only one contribution. There is
a whole culture of artists who need
Jesus. Because of the evangelical Chris­tians'
lack of awareness in the visual
realm these people have been neglected.
In order to reach this sub-society a
Christian artist would have to meet the
standards of high-caliber art that is ac­cepted
there. There cannot be any super­ficial
Sunday SchOOl attempts to dazzle
them with fine Christian art .
. The art would probably not even be
able to be' called Christian art, if Chris­tian
art is that which is supposed to
convert pagans. But if Christian art is
just art that is done by Christian art­ists
then there is a greater possibility
of self-expression and visual creativity.
With this may come a greater acceptance
into the field of fine art.
I think that it is important to . note
that so-called Christian art can be either
good or bad. The Chrisian label doesn't
guarantee holiness. So it is important
that a Christian artist does good art.
In this God may be glorified, as long
as the artst doesn't take all the glor­ification
himself. (This is a problem with
many Christian artists.) But it is import­ant
that the Christian strive towards
good art (whatever that may be seems
relative).
A Christian artist does not always con­tribute
these things to the fine arts.
But it sh~uld be his obligation. The
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symposium, continued from page
five
art field is a tough field for the dedi­cated
Christian to be in, mainly because
it is a relatively new frontier to the
evangelical. There is not a whole lot
of advice to follow. Neither are there
many experienced, free-lance artists who
have it all together on how to glorify
God in the contemporary art scene.
As I see it there are these three
goals to aim at as a Christian artist:
First, to help enlighten people (Christ­ians)
to an awareness of God's own
creativity; second, to have my own life
be a witness in the fine arts world;
third, to do good art - to God's glory
- because he is the one who has made
me an artist. These are the objectives
and I feet these are the contributions
to be made.
Guine'ss here to
lectu re Tuesday
Mr. Os Guiness, renowned Christian
philosopher and writer from Great Bri­tain,
will be in the Twin Cities next
week, giving two lectures which will
be open to the pUblic. The first lecture
will be given Tuesday, November 5, at .
7 :30 p.m. at the West Bank Auditorium
of the University of Minnesota. The se­cond
will be delivered at Augsburg Coll­ege
on November 6, at 7:30 p.m., in
Si Melby Hall. . .
Guiness, author of The Dust of Death,
has been associated with the L'Bri Fel­lowship
of Francis Schaeffer. His mess­age
at Augsburg will be on the topic,
"A Moment Not to Be Missed." For
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Jessu.p calls u.s. courts
catalyst of. social change'
by Rhonda DYie
"Courts in the United States can be
and often are agents of social change,"
said Dwight Jessup at the Pi Gamma
Mu lecture last Tuesday evening. Jessup
pointed out that "by virtue of their power
and broad jurisdiction" the courts can
exercise great influence in American life.
Because "social issues occupy judicial
dockets, the courts become reflectors,
consolidators, legitimizers, and even ini­tiators
of change in American society,"
stated Jessup. He used the Warren Court
(1953-1969) as . an example of a judiciary
body involved in social activism. The
decisions set forth by the Warren Court
were dominated by a concern for the
right of the individual. As an agency
of social change, the Warren Court pro­vided
access to governmental authority
for the 'politically and socially alienated
who often found little response from the
executive and legislative branches. This
"thrust for equalitarianism" is evidenced
in the major changes wrought in the
areas of racial equality, individual rights
"'in criminal proceedings, the expansion
of political freedoms and religious liber­ties.
Although the courts have great poten-
. tial as advocates of social change, they
can be greatly limited. "In the first
place, personnel on the bench are not
permanent. Secondly, the courts can be
severely hampered by institutional weak­nesses;
they do not have the power
to solicit cases and they have no power
to enforce their decisions. Thirdly, the
judicial process only gives access to
those who have standing and who can
afford the often high cost of litigation,"
stated Jessup.
"Despite all this, the courts remain
as potentially important instruments of
social change," concluded Jessup.
Student respondents to the lecture were
Carol Anker berg and Don Reed. Miss
Ankerberg congratulated Jessup for his
fine paper. She also raised the question
as to what the proper role of the court
should be. Should it be an instigator
of change, or should it serve as a check
on the political process?
Don Reed commented that he agreed
with Jessup that the courts were instru­ments'
of change, because they shaped
government policy. He, too, raised the
question of the proper role of the courts.
Can the United States afford to let courts
operate as a source for social change,
or do they need to serve as a check
for the citizen:cr?
Jessup responded by saying that the
courts were both a judicial and political
body. They win have to play a role
in the social questions if the legislature
does not ' institute social change' even
though court precedents may ?e sacri­ficed.
The next Pi Gamma Mu lecture will
be given the third Tuesday in November
by Don Belton. His topic will be Social
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Theater -
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Crawford Livingston Theater - 8 p.m.
Therese, Raquin - Theater of Involve­ment
Workshop Theater - 8 p.m.
Pippin - St. Paul Civic Center Theater
- 3 :30 p.m. and 8 :30 p.m. Saturday
The Grass W~ GrQW and the River
FlQW - Powderhorn Puppet Theater, Wa­lker
Community Church - 8 p.m.
Patience - University Theater, Stoll
Thrust Theater, Rarig Center - 8 p.m.
Diary .of Anne Frank - Bethel College
Fine Arts' Experimental Theater - 8
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Count Dracula - Minnetonka Community
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- 6 :30 p.m., Friday; 5 p.m. and
10 p.m., Saturday
I DQ! I Do! - Chanhassen Playhouse
8:30 p.m. Friday; 5:30 p.m. and 10:30
p.m., Saturday
A Thousand CIQwns - Chanhassen Court­yard
- 8:30 p.m., Friday; 5 p.m.
and 10 p.m., Saturday
Three Checkhov One Acts: Swan Song,
On the Harmfulness .of Tobacco and A
Celebration - Childr~n's Theater Com-pany
- 8 p.m.
Dear Antome - Theater in the Round
- 8 p.m. ~
That Championship SeasQn - Cricket
Theater - 8 p.m.
Anatol - Variety Hall Theater - 8
p.m.
A Thousand Olowns - Lakeshore Players
- 8 p.m.
Pimp, a Play fQr Three WQmen AbQut
the WQman in Us All - The Firehouse
- 8:30 p.m. '
Tartuffe - Guthrie Theater - 8 p.m.
fast efficient service at the
John W. Ivance Company
1618 Pioneer Bldg.
224-7358
The Crucible - Guthrie Theater - 1 :30
p.m., Saturday
The Cradle Will Rock - Dudley Riggs'
Experimental Theater Company - 8
p.m.
Some More .of the Best .of tbe Brave
New Workshop, Vol. 2 - Dudley Riggs'
Brave New Workshop - 8 p.m. and
10 p.m.
Anything Goes - Landfall Theater -
8:30 p.m.
Paris Is Out - Minnesota Music Hall
Dinner Theater - 8:30 p.m.
Prisoner of SecQnd Avenue - Old Log
Theater - 8 :30 p.m.
Lady Be Good - Franco's Music Box
Players - 8 p.m. and 10 :45 p.m.
Ukrainian Tales - Children's Theater
Company - 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sat­urday
The Wizard .of Oz - Center Stage, Jewish
Community Center of Minneapolis -
8 p.m. ,
Mea vy Draperies - poetry reading spon­sored
by the MInnesota State Arts
Council and the North Stone Review,
Guild of Performing Arts - 8 p.m.
Music - .
Minnesota Orchestra - Stanislaw Skro­wacyeski
conducting - 8 p.m., Fri-day
,
Frank Wakefield - mandolin picker -
Whole Coffee house J Coffman Union
- 9 p.m.
Spider , John Koerner - Northrop Audi­torium
- 8 p.m., Saturday
StQcldiolm Brass Sextet - Melby Halll
Augsburg College - 8 p.m., Saturday
CQncerts -
Todd Rundgr.en's Utopia - Minneapolis
Auditorium Bowl - 8 p.m., Sunday
- Tickets are $5.50 (in advance), and
$6.50 (at the door).
Weylon Jennings - . Guthrie Theater -
7 p.m. and 10 p.m. - Tickets are
$4, $5, and $6.
It'lSURANCE
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Business
chapel schedule
NQvember 4-8
MQnday: Sing and Rejoice
Tuesday: Professor William Johnson
"Spiritual Gifts"
Wednesday: Day of Prayer service
Thursday: Convocation - Kenneth Scho­en,
State Commissioner of Corrections
Friday: A prison chaplain
Pr1o'y Wedn1esdo'y
',olr 8e'thel"s n'e1eds
by Sharon Erickson
On Wednesday, November 6, many
Chris'tians across the nation will join
the Bethel community in a Day of Prayer
for the school, according to Campus Pas:..
tor Maurice ,Lawson. Churches in the
Baptist General Conference and friends
of Bethel, as well as students, faculty
and administration, . will be asked to pray
~specially for the sale of the old campus,
the financing ' of the buildings on New
Campus and the coming of the new
dean.
Chapel will involve the presen.tation
of various needs' of Bethel by members
of the Bethel community. The day will
also be divided into 30-minute prayer
periods, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.,
during which everyone is invited to the
prayer chapel. Request sheets will be
available, which will indicate student re­quests
as well as those of the s'Chool,
and someone will be in the chapel for
each half-hour period to lead the prayer
time. The departments and staff are
encouraged to pray as groups.
"Teachers will be asked to set aside
a time in each class to share needS
and pray, and R.A.'s and dorm leaders
are also encouraged to have a time
when a floor or townhouse can meet
and pray for the needs of its members
and the school," Pastor Lawson said.
Finally, each person in his own way
is urged · to remember Bethel's and his
own needs in prayerl and to try to
strengthen his personal and devotional
life through a time with God.
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Senate cuts hockey club
support; club $385 in red
by Mary Norton
A few years ago, the hockey club
received such a large amount of finan­cial
help from the Student Senate that
they coundn't use it and returned it
to the Student Associaion. Now' the same
source is decreasing its backing.
In the course of two weeks, a resolu­tion
calling for a $200 appropriation from
the General Activities Fund to the Bethel
}.lockey Club was introduced, moved to
be tabled, and seconded to be tabled
- but the tabling motion proved un­successful.
The bill was then discussed,
again moved to be tabled, seconded to
be tabled and finally tabled by a vote
of 11-7. The Final'lce Committee was
• then asked to consider this bill at their
next meeting. At the October 22 meeting
of the- Senate, the Finance Committee
submitted a second bill appropriating
$150 to the hockey club, and rationale
was given for this bill. One senator
felt the $200 amount should be retained,
and an amendment to change the amount
textbooks, continued from page
one
one, or is this a struggle which other
school systems will be facing in the
future?
Mr. Lind: I think many have faced
this problem' and they will continue to
do so.
0: Do you believe that the trend in
public school curriculum is toward what
they ,are calling "anti-religious', anti-au­thoritarian"
material?
L: As areas become more multi-religious,
school boards are going to be faced
with a wider spectrum of what the par­ents
will accept. One vocal parent in
a small community can make a large
fuss. I do think there is a trend toward
sterilizing the whole educational system.
But ,God can't be removed from it, He's
too pig.
0: Do you feel it is the responsibil­ity
of the Ohristian teacher to criticize,
and even refuse to use, what they might
consider anti-Ohristian material, even if
,it is recommended by the school board?
L: If I were teaching in that setting,
I would not choose to use the books.
But if I was forced to, I could still
express my views to my students. I
think we have to realize that a public
eight
of the first bill to $150 was moved,
seconded and passed. The amended bill
was called and passed with a voice
vote.
Throughout most of these Senate pro­ceedings,
Mike Egelston, the goalie and
self-appointed guardian angel of the hock­ey
club, looked on in confused dismay.
"It was disheartening to see the Senate
psyched up about the possibility of giv­ing
us more than $200 in their discus­sion.
It seemed as if they cut back
their financial support on the basis of
other organizations that needed financial
help. But what can we say? They gave
us money and we appreciate it."
On October 30 the $150 down payment
was due in order for the hockey club
to join the St. Paul Park and Recrea­tion
Senior Men's League. Now the hock-ey
club must come up with an additional
$385 to break even. It is cQsting the
club $475 to pay a $60 insurance debt
from last year , and to play 14 league
games on "reasonably-priced ice." This
school is not be an institution 'Of reli­gious
training, though.
0: Turning to tbe issue of student free­dom,
is it the goal of ,the teacher, and-or
the textbook to teach a pupil what
to think or how to think1f
L: It's obvious that we're to teach stu­dents
how to think. But there is a great ·
deal of discussion now about "value clar-
"One vocal parent in
a small community can
make a large fuss . .. "
ification." If a teacher accepts that idea,
he first shows the student what values
he has, then he shows him what choices
are available. The teacher provides al­ternatives'
in a sense. The problem is,
h9w do we teach values?
0: One mother in West Virginia stated,
"If my daughter reads those books in
her high school, by the time she grad­uates
she'll no longer believe in God."
Is that a fair assessment of the power
of a textbook?
L: No, and I think that's a good example
of diminishing the power of God.
, amount does not include any allowance
for equipment, insurance, uniforms or
transportation. But the hockey club does
not seem to mind. They have provided
all their own equipment and transpor­tation
in the past and will probably
attempt to do so in the future.
When asked how the hockey club will
raise money to pay the $385 deficit due
On January 1, Mike replied, "Nobody ever
seeks us out. We will contact business­men
because we know that students can't
afford to support us. We need ideas
to raise money and fund raising is not
easy to do."
The athletic department has agreed
to help in any way it can other than
financially. That means they will prob­ably
help with tape and other training
equipment.
Meanwhile, Mike looks towards other
sources. Art Hage is a big supporter ..
of the Bethel Hockey Club and has been
for many years. "More than anything
else, he's given us encouragemet:lt. We
will n.ever be able to repay him."
A hockey schedule of anticipated games
will be available soon. In the meantime
Mike stresses the fact that" all hockey
games are free," and that the hockey
club would be glad to have a little
audience encouragement.
0: There are two sides in the con~ro­versy:
the p'eople who want to ban the
books and those -who say they should
be used. If you were teaching in West
Virginia, which side would you be on?
~: I hope I'd be in the middle; there
are over-reactions in both views_ Some
parents should realize that if we give
the Christian teacher the right to share
his beliefs, then we have to give the
same right to the atheist, the Buddhist,
etc. The result has to be neutrality.
o : At the head IOf this protest is a
,group of "fundamentalist" ministers. Do
you believe it is the right place for
a church and-or its clergy to become
involved in educational policy?
L: I don't want to take that right away
from them, although I do object to some
of the methods of protest. For example,
if we were to remove everything that
isn't Christian from the Bethel library,
we'd end up with a lot of empty Shelves.
0: How, important is the struggle going
on ' in West Virginia? What effects will
it have?
L: It can be a useful thing. Every
teacher and Board of Education will
probably start looking at their textbooks
a lot closer. But a good deal of fear,
especially among the parents, is present
and that is harmful.
Women's volleyball team
spikes with 'real skill'
St. Thomas on October 24 by a score
of 3-1.
Bethel scored ·first when a corner kick
by Steve Jergenson was headed into the
goal by Al Vogel. It was Vogel's sec.ond
goal of the season.
by Glaria Jackson
Bethel's Women's Intercollegiate volley­ball
team will face · their toughest oppon­ent
of the season when they meet St.
Catherine tomorrow at 10 a.m. on the
home court.
ine, the Bethel A team will have an
away game with Concordia, Tuesday,
November 5 at 7 p.m. and another home
game with Augsburg, Thursday, Novem­ber
7 at 7 p.m.
The Royals lost the game because of
penalties. "The referee called two pen­alties
on us," sa~teve Jergenson, cap­tain
of the Roy-als. "The first one happen­ed
when----tnere was a mix-up in front
of our goal. One of St. Thomas'forwards
handed the . ball, but . the referee blew
the whistle and called tripping on us.
He was unable to say who committed
the infraction, . but called the penalty
anyway. On the second penalty our goalie
was called for pushing." Both penalties
were effective and eventually won the
game 3-1.
"It should be a good game," said
Coach Tricia Brownlee, physical educa­tion
instructor. St. Catherine holds a
7-0 record.
"We'd like to see lots of people come
to the games. Most people don't realize
the real skill and competition involved
in Women's Sports," Miss Brownlee said.
Bethel's team is well into their sea­son.
They defeated Normandale Junior
College, Mt. Senario, and Macalester,
but lost to Northwestern. A game was
also played last Thursday night with
St. Olaf.
Seventeen girls are out for the sea­son,
forming both an A and B team
with five substitutes. The B team us­ually
starts at 7 p.m. and the A team
Soccer ends
season Saturday
with Gustavus
"St. Thomas didn't have a better
team," Jergenson said. "We didn't play
well enough to win, but without the
two penalties the game might have ended
differently. The 'breaks went their way.
Maybe it'll be different next year."
starts close to 8 p.m. on the scheduled
nights. The B team holds a 1-2 record.
by Bruce Olsen
The loss puts Bethel's record at 6-4-2
with two games remaining in the season.
The last game of the season will be
This week, besides meeting St. Cather- tomorrow against Gustavus at 10 p.m.
The Bethel soccer team ended their
six-game winning streak with a loss to
cross country, continued from page ten
Royals ran the best they did all year, with the first five
team finishers having their lifetime best five-mile perform­ances.
Jeff Larson and Steve Whittaker led the team with their
All-Conference place finishes of 3rd and 6th, respectively,
Jeff with a blazing time of 25 :27 and Steve with a great
26 :04 effort. Those runners placing in the top seven in the
Conference meet are selected as All-Conference.) Larry Cald­well,
10th at last year's meet, repea,ted that same place finish
again this year with a time of 26 :38. Dave Clapp and John
Cox rounded out Bethel's scoring by coming in 11th and 12th
with times of ' 26 :53 and 26 :56, respectively. Curt Brown's
27 :49 was good for 18th, while Scott Larson finished 23rd.'
with a 29: 18 clocking.
The final team results showed Westmar again winning
with 21 points, Bethel again second with 42, then Sioux
Falls with 90, Northwestern with 101, Yankton with 136,
and Concordia with 167.
Coach Glader commented, "Our strategy was to break
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seven places, but this year they got places 1, 2, -4, 9, 13,
and 14. Our places of 3, 6, 10, '11, 12, 18, and 23 shows
definite improvement and accomplishment of our goal. Hope­fully,
if we continue to improve the team like we did this
year, we have a definite chance of taking the Conference
title next year."
football, continued from page ten
Raiders amassed 423 total offensive yards.
Tomorrow, Northland College will be at Bethel for the
Royals' final gridiron clash of the season. Coach Charles
Reynolds described the Lumberjacks from Wisconsin as "big,
strong, and more inclined to run than pass." Fullback Rodney
Warren should pose the biggest threat for the Royals. Ac­cording
to Reynolds, Warren was last year's third leading
small-college rusher in the nation.
Northland is also strong defensively, having returned eight
defensive starters. Last year, the Lumberjacks compiled a
7-2 record, but are only 2-5 so far this year. The game begins
at 1:30.
F D I C
ROYAL SPORTS THIS WEEK
Football - Northland, here Saturday 2,
1:30
Cross-country - NAIA District 13, at
Como Park Saturday 2, 11 a.m.
Soccer - Gustavus, here Saturday 2,
10 a.m.
Volleyball - St. Catherine's, here Sat­urday
2, 10 a.m.
nine
All-Conference selections Jeff Larson (left) and
Steve Whittaker strain toward finish in conference
meet last Saturday.
Larson, Whi,t'take,r take
AII-Confe,renee hono'rs
by Larry CaldweD
Last Saturday, October 26, the Bethel cross country
team traveled to LeMars, Iowa, to run in the Tri-State
Conference meet. Each' of the six conference teams was
allowed to send their top seven runners to compete at the
Conference meet, with Bethel determining its seven partici­pants
on the basis of previous meets performances this
season.
Westmar's team, fifth in the nation in the NAIA na­tionals
last year, and also returning Conference champ,
was the overwhelming favorite. (Last year Westmar domin­ated
the Conference meet by taking the top seven places.)
Predictions had Bethel getting second place overall, the same
as last year.
The five niile race was run at the LeMars Country
Club golf course, a very ideal course, predominantly flat
with two difficult hills located strategically at the two and
four-mile marks. The race was also run on a perfect day
with the temperature in the high forties and no wind. The
continued on page nine
Royals 2-3 in T ri-State,
me:et No,rt'hland in fin,ale
by Curtis Kregness
After two encouraging conference victories over Concordia
and Sioux Falls, the Royals were shocked by Westmar, nipped
by Yankton, and handed a final humbling defeat by North­western
last Saturday.
What possibly hurt even more than the 35-14 score was
the fact that Sioux Falls rose up to clobber Westmar 34-20,
leaving those two teams and Bethel tied for third place with
identical 2-3 Tri-State Conference records. Northwestern took
its perennial first-place honors with an unblemished five-win
record, followed by Yankton in second place with four
wins and one loss. Concordia brought up the rear, losing its
fifth conference contest to Yankton, 51-0.
Despite the Royals' bitter demise as a team in
conference competition, individual efforts shone brightly. With
one conference game remaining, statistics showed that Be­thel's
Kim Walker was a strong second in conference pass
receptions and individual scoring. Walker had scored Jive
touchdowns, carrying 16 receptions for 147 total yards.
John Holine was second in conference passing as of
October 19, having completed 28 of 66 attempts for 298
yards. In punting, Holine could claim the longest punt -
66 yards in the Westmar game - and was third best punter
in the conference, with 27 punts for 882 yards, a 32.6-
yard average.
In Saturday's game at Northwestern Collegel the Royals
were shut out until the fourth quarter. Then, in a rallying
effort, Bethel moved into Northwestern territory and Holine
scored on a four-yard touchdown run. Minutes later, Walker
highlighted the game with an 80-yard punt return for Bethel's
second and final touchdown.
Mark Rapinchuk and Larry Rocholl combined for almost
100 yards on the ground, while Holine and Scott LOgan passed
for the remainder of the Royals' 167 total yards. The Red
continued on page nine
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carlon Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota November I, 1974 Malachi 4:2
Textbooks: a
new American
controversy
by Steve HarriS'
Fall did not come to Kanawha County
in the usual way this year. Normally
it is a quiet place, a peaceful commun­ity
of coal mines and middle-class Amer­icans
settled into the hills of West Vir­ginia.
But turmoil has erupted in the
last eight weeks, complete with fire­bombed
elementary schools and shoot­ings.
What has caused this violence? It is
being called the "Textbook Controver­sy,"
and at its heart are the use of
about a dozen supplementary high school
textbooks that have been denounced by
their critics as "anti-Christian, anti-coun­try'
and pro-Communist," and . praised
by their supporters as "opening up the
minds of the students."
Battle lines were drawn last spring
when Alice Moore, wife of a Baptist
minister, organized an effort to ban the
books. The protestors condemned the
books' material as "subversive pornogra­phy"
(such as the poem • 'I like my
body when it is with your body" by
e.e. cummings), and as "anti-Christian"
(exemplified, they said, by black poet
Gwendolyn Brooks' verse, "I think it
must be lonely to be God-Nobody loves
a master . ... . )."
Their actions led to a boycott, a gen­eral
industrial strike, and in the last
month, open' violence. But the signifi­cance
of the struggle spreads beyond
West Virginia; it faces teachers, admin­istrators,
and parents across the coun­try.
Since Bethel College annually trains
many for the educational field, the Clari·
on asked Professor of Education Dwaine
Lind for his views on the • 'Textbook
Controversy.' ,
Clarion: Is the case of the "Textbook
Controversy" in West Virginia an isolated
continued on page eight
These grinning Bethelites, along with PRAISE and magician Dean
Held, will perform in the Bethel Fieldhouse tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $1.00.
C'rrimer and Cr'im:ina·1 Justice
We'e,k set fo·r NOive,mb,eir' 4-,8
by Laura Aide,"
"We want to acqu.aint Bethel students with the concept of correctional
instit.utions and pro~ide .opportunities for learning and involvement," said · Trudy
Ha,~a·~, . stude nit coordmator for Grime and Criminal Justi'ce Week. V·arious campus
'adlvltles have been p1anned to study Ithe p'roblem of Icrime ,and its effect: on
Ithe quality of life' in Americ'a.
Scheduled activities are as follows:
November 4-8 Art show in the Bethel Gallery
November 7 Convocation by Kenneth Schoen, Director .of Gorredion5 in
Minnesota
11:30-2:30 p.m. Films ·concerning issues in crime and criminal
just~ce
3 p.m. Inmate s,inging group in AG lounge (tentative)
7 -9 p.m. Panel discussi·on on :rape in AC lounge featuring
Carolyn Bailey, Sgt. in the· St. Paul police force
November 8 Chapel speaker: Local prison chaplain (tentative)
11:30-2:30 p.m. Films in AC lounge
8 p.m. Dudley Riggs performance in old campus fieldhouse.
Tickets av·aiLahleat campuS! ·coordinator's office
for $1.
November 7-8 Bomh dispLays from p